The aquatic world is being increasingly compromised by an overwhelming array of human-caused noise. The sound of propellers, cavitation, seabed … More
Category: Wildlife Conservation
Save Our Pollinators, Save Our World
Pollinators serve a great purpose in the agriculture world. Without them, humans and animals would have little to no food … More
Illegal Wildlife Trafficking: A New GIJN Guide
Support The Global Investigative Journalism Network on Wildlife Trafficking, attend the webinar on Wildlife Crimes. Great article by Toby McIntosh.
A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children
A new test of cephalopod smarts has reinforced how important it is for us humans to not underestimate animal intelligence. … More
Ancient Indigenous forest gardens still yield bounty 150 years later
Originally planted with a rich array of edible and medicinal flora for people to use, forest gardens are now a source of food for animals and pollinators. While human activities, such as industrial land management, are often seen as being harmful to biodiversity, their study shows how Indigenous practices have benefited the health and resilience of forest ecosystems in the long-term, the researchers say.
Chile: 35 years of successful recovery of the Burrowing Parrots
The Burrowing Parrot, in spanish, ”Loro Tricahue”, (Cyanoliseus patagonus), also known as the burrowing parakeet or the Patagonian conure, is a species of parrot native to Argentina and Chile. The Burrowing Parrot was on the brink of extinction, with small populations fragmented throughout Chile.
”The Burrowing parrots/ Loros Tricahue, that inhabit Chile are an endemic subspecies, that is, they cannot be found anywhere else in the world. It is one of the four native parrots and also the largest. It was on the brink of extinction,” says Marcia Ricci, head of Conservation of Biological Diversity at CONAF in the O’Higgins region.
The Rainbow Serpent
The rainbow serpent, the white-lipped python is an iridescent snake. AS FAR AS heads go, this is an impressive one. … More
Mother Trees’ Are Intelligent: They Learn and Remember, Ecologist Suzanne Simard says they need our help to survive
‘Mother Trees’ Are Intelligent: They Learn and Remember Few researchers have had the pop culture impact of Suzanne Simard. The … More
Only 19% of Earth’s land is still ‘wild’
The paper “debunks an important myth” in conservation circles, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology aerospace engineer Danielle Wood, who studies technology and international development but was not involved with the new work. By offering a long-term look at humans’ impact on the planet, the study reveals that it’s not people per se that send biodiversity on a downward spiral, but it’s instead the overexploitation of resources, she explains. If their practices are sustainable, “humans don’t have to be removed,” to save the world’s species.
Dolphins use names for friends and family to swim in teams for fishing and mating pods
“It is a ground-breaking study,” says Luke Rendell, a behavioral ecologist at the University of St. Andrews who was not involved with the research. The work adds evidence to the idea that dolphins evolved large brains to navigate their complex social environments.
